Gospel of Nicodemus Scroll [A Captioned Audiobook]

the Gospel according to Nicodemus the audiobook this text is found within the double book entitled the lost books of the Bible and the Forgotten books of Eden these books were published in 1926 and 1927 by world Bible publishers I'm uncertain as to whether this book is still in print as I purchased mine in the 1980s however you can read this online at sacred texts com I will provide the web link in the info section beneath this video now for the audio book the Gospel according to Nicodemus you chapter one Anna's and Caiaphas and sumus and datum and gamma L Judas Levi 'nope talam Alexander Syrus and other Jews went to Pilate about Jesus accusing him with many bad crimes and said we are assured that Jesus is the Son of Joseph the carpenter and born of Mary and that he declares himself the son of God and a king and not only so but attempts the death solution of the Sabbath and the laws of our fathers pilot replied what is it which he declares and what is it which he attempts dissolving the Jews told him we have a law which forbids doing cures on the Sabbath day but he cures both the lame and the death those afflicted with the palsy the blind and lepers and domani acts on that day by wicked methods pilot replied how can he do this by wicked methods they answered he is a conjurer and cast out Devils by the Prince of the Devils and so all things become subject to him then said Pilate casting out Devils seems not to be the work of an unclean spirit but to proceed from the power of God the Jews replied to Pilate we entreat your highness to summon him to appear before your tribunal and hear him for yourself then Pilate called a messenger and said to him by what means will Christ be brought hither then went the messenger forth and knowing Christ worshipped him and having spread the cloak which he had in his hand upon the ground he said Lord walk upon this and go in for the governor calls thee when the Jews perceived what the messenger had done they exclaimed against him to Pilate and said why did you not give him his summons by a Beadle and not by a messenger for the messenger when he saw him worshiped him and spread the cloak which he had in his hand upon the ground before him and said to him Lord the governor calls thee then Pilate called the messenger and said why has thou done this the messenger replied when thou sentenced me from Jerusalem to Alexander I saw Jesus sitting in a mean figure upon as she asked and the children of the Hebrews cried out Hosanna holding boughs of trees in their hands others spread their garments in the way and said save us thou who art in heaven blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord then the Jews cried out against the messenger and said the children of the Hebrews made their acclamations in the Hebrew language and how could as thou who are - who are a Greek understand the Hebrew the messenger answered them and said I asked one of the Jews and said why what is this which the children do cry out in the Hebrew language and he explained it to me saying they cry out Hosanna which being interpreted is oh lord save me or oh lord save Pilate then said to them why do you yourselves testify to the words spoken by the children namely by your silence in what has the messenger done amiss and they were silent then the governor said to the messenger go forth and endeavour by any means to bring him in but the messenger went forth and did as before and said Lord come in for the governor call a--they and as Jesus was going in by the instance who carried the standards the tops of them bowed down and worshiped Jesus whereupon the Jews exclaimed more vehemently against the incense but Pilate said to the Jews I know it is not pleasing to you that the tops of the standards did of themselves bow and worship Jesus but why do you exclaim against the incense as if they had bowed and worshiped they replied to Pilate we saw the incense themselves bowing and worshipping Jesus then the governor called the incense and said unto them why did you do this the insin said to Pilate we are all pagans and worshipped the gods in temples and how should we think anything about worshipping Him we only held the standards in our hands and they bowed themselves and worshiped him then said Pilate to the rulers of the synagogue do you yourselves choose some strong men and let them hold the standards and we shall see whether they will then Bend of themselves so the elders of the Jews sought out 12 of the most strong and able old men and made them hold the standards and they stood in the presence of the governor then Pilate said to the messenger take Jesus out and by some means bring him in again and Jesus and the messenger went out of the hall and Pilate called the incensed who before had born the standards and swore to them that if they had not borne the standards in that manner when Jesus before entered end he would cut off their heads then the governor commanded Jesus to come in again and the messenger did as he had done before and the and very much entreated Jesus that he would go upon his cloak and walk upon it and he did walk upon it and went in and when Jesus went in the standards bowed themselves as before and worshiped him chapter 2 now when Pilate saw this he was afraid and was about to rise from his seat but while he thought to rise his own wife who stood at a distance sent to him saying have thou nothing to do with that just man for I have suffered much concerning him in a vision this night when the Jews heard this they said to Pilate did we not say unto thee he is a conjurer behold he hath caused thy wife to dream Pilate then calling Jesus said thou has heard what they testify against thee and make us no answer jesus replied if they had not a power of speaking they could not have spoke but because everyone has the command of his own tongue to speak both good and bad let him look to it but the elders of the Jews answered and said to Jesus what shall we look to in the first place we know this concerning thee that thou was born through fornication secondly that that upon the account of thy birth the infants were slain in Bethlehem thirdly that thy father and mother Mary fled into Egypt because they could not trust their own people some of the Jews who stood by spake more favourably we cannot say that he was born through fornication but we know that his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph and so he was not born through fornication then said Pilate to the Jews who affirmed him to be born through fornication this your account is not true seeing there was a betrothed man as they testify who are of your own nation anise and calf ayahs spake to Pilate all this multitude of people is to be regarded who cry out that he was born through fornication and is a conjurer but they who deny him to be born through fornication are his proselytes and disciples Pilate answered annas and caiaphas who are the proselytes they answered they are those who are the children of pagans and are not become Jews but followers of him then replied Eleazer and Asterius and atonia s' and James Karras and Samuel Isaac and Bernie's Crispus and Agrippa Anna's and Judas we're not proselytes but children of the Jews and speak the truth and we and and were present when Mary was betrothed then Pilate addressing himself to the 12 men who spake this said to them I conjure you by the life of Caesar that ye faithfully declare whether he was born through fornication and those things be true which G have related they answered Pilate we have a law whereby we are forbid to swear it being a sin let them swear by the life of Caesar that it is not as we have said and we will be contented to be put to death then said Anna's and Caiaphas to pilot those twelve men will not believe that we know him to be basely born and to be a conjurer although he pretends that he is the son of God and a king which we are so far from believing that we trembled to hear then Pilate commanded everyone to go out except the twelve men who said he was not born through fornication and Jesus to withdraw to a distance and said to them why had the Jews a mind to kill Jesus they answered him they are angry because he brought cures on the Sabbath day Pilate said will they kill him for a good work they said unto Him yes sir Chapter three then pilot filled with anger went out of the hall and said to the Jews I called the whole world to witness that I find no fault in that man the Jews replied to Pilate if he had not been a wicked person we had not brought him before thee Pilate said to them do you take him and try him by your law then the Jews said it is not lawful for us to put anyone to death Pilate said to the Jews the command therefore thou shalt not kill belongs to you but not to me and he went again into the hall and called Jesus by himself and said to him art thou the King of the Jews and Jesus answering said to Pilate does thou speak this of thyself or did the Jews tell it the concerning me Pilate answering said said to Jesus am i a to the whole nation and rulers of the Jews have delivered thee up to me what has thou done jesus answered my kingdom is not of this world if my kingdom were of this world then would my servants fight and I should not have been delivered to the Jews but now my kingdom is not from hence Pilate said art thou a king then jesus answered thou sayeth that I am a king to this end was I born and for this end came I into the world and for this purpose I came that I should bear witness to the truth and everyone who is of the truth heareth my voice Pilate saith to him what is truth Jesus said truth is from heaven Pilate said therefore truth is not on earth Jesus said to Pilate believe that truth is on earth among those whom when they have the power of judgment are governed by truth and form right judgment Chapter four then pilot left Jesus in the hall and went out to the Jews and said I find not any one Fault in Jesus the Jews say unto Him but he said I can destroy the temple of God and in three days build it up again Pilate saith unto them what sort of temple is that of which he speaketh the Jews say unto him that which Solomon was 46 years in building he said he would destroy and in three days build up Pilate said to them again I am innocent from the blood of that man do ye look to it the Jews say to him his blood be upon us and our children then pilate calling together the elders and scribes priests and levites saith to them privately do not act us I have found nothing in your charge against him concerning his curing sick persons and breaking the sabbath worthy of death the priests and levites replied to pilate by the life of caesar if any one be a blasphemer he is worthy of death but this man hath blaspheme against the Lord then the governor again commanded the Jews to depart out of the hall and calling jesus said to him what shall I do with thee jesus answered him do according as it is written Pilate said to him how is it written jesus saith to him Moses and the prophets have prophesied concerning my suffering and resurrection the Jews hearing this were provoked and said to pilot why wilt thou any longer here the blasphemy of that man Pilate saith to them if these words seem to you blasphemy do you take him bring him to your court and try him according to your law the Jews replied a Pilate our law saith he shall be obliged to receive nine and thirty stripes but if after this manner he shall blaspheme against the Lord he shall be stoned Pilate saith unto them if that speech of his was blasphemy do ye try him according to your law the Jews say to Pilate our law commands us not to put anyone to death we desire that he may be crucified because he deserves the death of the Cross Pilate saith to them it is not fit that he should be crucified let him only be whipped and sent away but when the governor looked upon the people that were present in the Jews he saw many of the Jews and tears and said to the chief priests of the Jews all the people do not desire his death the elders of the Jews answered to Pilate we and all the people came hither for this very purpose that he should die Pilate saith to them why should he die they said to him because he declares himself to be the Son of God and a king Chapter five but Nicodemus a certain Jew stood before the governor and said I entreat thee o righteous judge that thou wouldest favor me with the liberty of speaking a few words Pilate said to him speak on Nicodemus said I spake to the elders of the Jews and the scribes and priests and levites and all the multitude of the Jews in their assembly what is it you would do with this man he is a man who hath wrought many useful and glorious miracles such as no man on earth ever wrought before nor will ever work let him go and do him no harm if he cometh from God his miracles his miraculous cures will continue but if from men they will come to nought thus Moses when he was sent by God into Egypt brought the miracles which God commanded him before the Pharaoh king of Egypt and through and though the magicians of that country Janis and Jam breeze brought by their magic the same miracles which Moses did yet they could not work all which he did and the miracles which the magicians wrought were not of God as you know o scribes and Pharisees but they who wrought them perished and all who believed them and now let this man go because the very miracles for which ye accuse him are from God and he is not worthy of death the Jews then said to Nicodemus art thou become his disciple and making speeches and his favour Nicodemus said to them is the governor become his disciple also and does he make speeches for him did not Caesar place him in that high post when the Jews heard this they trembled and gnashed their teeth at Nicodemus and said to him may us thou receive his doctrine for truth and have they lot with Christ Nicodemus replied a men I will receive his doctrine and my lot with him as he have said then another certain Jew rose up and desired leave of the governor to hear him a few words and the governor said speak what thou has to mind and he said I lay for 38 years by the Sheep pool at Jerusalem laboring under a great infirmity and waiting for a cure which should be wrought by the coming of an angel who at a certain time troubled the water and whosoever first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had and when Jesus saw me languishing there he said to me wilt thou be made whole and I answered sir I have no man when the water is troubled to put me in the pool and he said unto me rise take up thy bed and walk and I was immediately made whole and took up my bed and walked the Jews then said to Pilate our Lord governor pray ask him what day it was on which he was cured of this infirmity the infirm person replied it was on the Sabbath the Jews said to Pilate did we not say he brought his cures on the Sabbath and cast out Devils by the Prince of Devils then another certain Jew came forth and said I was blind could hear sounds but could not see anyone and as Jesus was going along I heard the multitude passing by and I asked what was there they told me that Jesus was passing by then I cried out saying Jesus son of Dunne of David have mercy on me and he stood still and commanded that I should be brought to him and said to me what wilt thou I said Lord that I may receive my sight he said to me receive thy sight and presently I saw and followed him rejoicing and giving thanks another Jew also came forth and said I was a leper and he cured me by his word only saying I will be thou clean and presently I was cleansed from my leprosy and another Jew came forth and said I was crooked and he made me straight by his word and a certain woman named Veronica said I was afflicted with an issue of blood twelve years and I touched the hem of his garments and presently the issue of my blood stopped then the Jews the Jews then said we have a law that a woman shall not be allowed as an evidence and after other things another juice said I saw Jesus invited to a wedding with his disciples and there was a want of wine in Kanna of Galilee and when the wine was all drank he commanded the servants that they should fill six pots which were there with water and they filled them up to the brim and he blessed them and turned the water into wine and all the people drank being surprised at this miracle and another juice stood forth and said I saw Jesus teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum and there was in the synagogue a certain man who had a devil and he cried out saying let me alone what have we to do with thee Jesus of Nazareth art thou come to destroy us I know that thou art the Holy One of God and Jesus rebuked him saying hold thy peace unclean spirit and come out of that man and presently he came out of him and did not at all hurt him the following things were also said by a Pharisee I saw that a great company came to Jesus from Galilee and Judea and the Seacoast and many countries about Jordan and many in Furman skåne to him and He healed them all and I heard the anchoring unclean spirits crying out and saying thou art the Son of God and Jesus strictly charged them that they should not make him known after this another person whose name was century Oh said I saw Jesus in Cape renown and I entreated him saying Lord my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy and jesus said to me I will come and cure him but I said lord I am not worthy that thou should has come under my roof but only speak the word and my servant shall be healed and Jesus said unto me go thy way and as thou hast believed so it be done unto thee and my servant was healed from that same hour then a certain nobleman said I had a son in Cape renowned who lay at the point of death and when I heard that Jesus was come to Galilee I went and besought him that he would come down to my house and heal my son for he was at the point of death he said to me go thy way thy son liveth and my son was cured from that hour besides these also many others of the Jews both men and women cried out and said he is truly the Son of God who cures all diseases only by his word and to whom the Devils are altogether subject some of them father said this power can proceed from none but God Pilate said to the Jews why are not the devil subject to your doctors some of them said the power of subjecting Devils cannot proceed but from God but others said to Pilate that he had risen that he had raised Lazarus from the dead after he had been four days in his grave the governor hearing this trembling said to the multitude of the Jews what will it profit you to shed innocent blood Chapter six then pilot having called together nicodemus and the 15 men who said that Jesus was not born through fornication said to them what shall I do seeing there is like to be atonement among the people they said unto Him we know not let them look to it who raised the toment Pilate then called the multitude again and said to them ye know that ye have a custom that I should release to you one prisoner at the Feast of the Passover I have a noted prisoner a murderer who is called Barabbas and Jesus who is called Christ in whom I find nothing that deserves death which of them therefore have you a mind that I should release to you they all cry out and say release to us Barabbas Pilate saith to them what then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ they all answer let him be crucified again they cry out and say to Pilate you are not the friend of Caesar if you release this man for he hath declared that he is the son of God and a king but are you inclined that he should be king and not Caesar then Pilate filled with anger said it said to them your nation has always been seditious and you are always against those who have been serviceable to you the Jews replied who are those who have been serviceable to us Pilate answered them your God who delivered you from the hard bondage of the Egyptians and brought you over the Red Sea as though it had been dry land and fed you in the wilderness with manna and the flesh of quails and brought water out of the rock and gave you a law from heaven ye provoked him always and desired for yourselves a molten calf and worshiped it and sacrifice to it and said these are thy God's o Israel which brought thee out of the land of Egypt on account of which your God was inclined to destroy you but Moses interceded for you and your God heard him and forgave your iniquity afterwards you were enraged against and would have killed your prophets Moses and Aaron when they fled to the tabernacle and he were always murmuring against God and his prophets and arising from his judgment seat he would have gone out but the Jews all cried out we acknowledge Caesar to be king and not Jesus whereas this person as soon as he was born the wise men came and offered gifts unto him which when herod heard he was exceedingly troubled and would have killed him when his father knew this he fled with him and his mother Mary into Egypt Herod when he was when he had heard he was born would have slain him and accordingly sent out and slew all the children which were in Bethlehem and in all the coasts thereof from two years old and under when Pilate heard this account he was afraid and commanding silence among the people who made a noise he said to Jesus are thou therefore a king all the Jews replied to Pilate he is the very person whom Herod sought to have slain then Pilate taking water washed his hands before the people and said I am innocent of the blood of this just person look ye to it the Jews answered and said his blood be upon us and our children then Pilate commanded Jesus to be brought before him and spake to him in the following words the own nation hath charged thee as making thyself a king wherefore I Pilate sentenced thee to be whipped according to the laws of former governors and that thou be first bound then hanged upon a cross in that place where thou art now a prisoner and also to criminals with thee whose names are Dimas and guest us Chapter seven then Jesus went out of the hall and the two thieves with him and when they came to the place which is called Golgotha they stripped him of his raiment and Girt him about with a linen cloth and put a crown of thorns upon his head and put a reed in his hand and in like manner did they to the two thieves who were crucified with him Dimas on his right hand and guest's us on his left but jesus said My Father forgive them for they know not what they do and they divided his garments and upon his vesture they cast lots the people in the meantime stood by and the chief priests and the elders of the Jews mocked him saying he saved others let him now save himself if he can if he be the Son of God let him now come down from the cross the soldiers also mocked him and taking vinegar and gall offered it to him to drink and said to him if thou art King of the Jews deliver thyself then longan us a certain soldier taking a spear pierced his side and presently there came forth blood and water and Pilate wrote the title upon the cross in Hebrew Latin and Greek letters viz this is the king of the Jews but one of the two thieves who were crucified with Jesus whose name was guest us said to Jesus if thou art the Christ deliver thyself and us but the thief who was crucified on his right hand whose name was Dimas answering rebuked him and said does not thou fear God who are condemned to this punishment we indeed received rightly and justly the demerit of our actions but this Jesus What evil hath he done after this groaning he said to Jesus Lord remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom jesus answering said to him verily I say unto thee that this day thou shalt be with me in paradise chapter eight and it was about the sixth hour and darkness was upon the face of the whole earth until the ninth hour and while the Sun was eclipsed behold the veil of the temple was rent from the top to the bottom and the rocks also were rent and the graves opened and many bodies of saints which slept arose and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice saying Haley Haley lama Sabich cannot thee which being interpreted is my God my God why has thou forsaken me and after these things jesus said father into thy hands I commend my spirit and having said this he gave up the ghost but when the Centurion saw that Jesus thus crying out gave up the ghost he glorified God and said of a truth this was a just man and all the people who stood by were exceedingly troubled at the sight and reflecting upon what had passed smote upon their breast and then returned to the city of Jerusalem the Centurion went to the governor and related to him all that had passed and when he had heard all these things he was exceedingly sorrowful and calling the Jews together said to them have you seen the miracle of the sun's Eclipse and all the other things which came to pass while Jesus was dying which when the Jews heard they answered to the governor the eclipse of the Sun happened according to its usual custom but all those who were the acquaintances of Christ stood at a distance as did the woman who had followed Jesus from Galilee observing all these things and behold a certain man of Arimathea named Joseph who also was a disciple of Jesus but not openly so for fear of the Jews came to the governor and entreated the governor that he would give him leave to take away the body of Jesus from the cross and the governor gave him leave and Nicodemus came bringing with him a mixture of myrrh and aloes about a hundred pound weight and they took down Jesus from the cross with tears and bound him with linen cloths with spices according to the custom of burying among the Jews and placed him in a new tomb which Joseph had built and caused to be cut out of a rock in which never any man had been put and they rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre chapter 9 when the unjust Jews heard that Joseph had begged and buried the body of Jesus they sought after Nicodemus and those 15 men who had testified before the governor that Jesus was not born through fornication and other good persons who had shown any good actions towards him but when they all concealed themselves through fear of the Jews Nicodemus alone showed himself to them and said how can such persons as these enter into the synagogue the Jews answered him but how does thou enter into the synagogue who was a Confederate with Christ let thy lot be along with him in the Otherworld Nicodemus answered amen so may it be that I may have my lot with him in his kingdom in like manner Joseph when he came to the Jews said to them why are you anger angry with me for desiring the body of Jesus from Pilate behold I have put him in my tomb and wrapped him up in clean linen and put a stone at the door of the sepulchre I have acted right liba toward him but ye have acted unjustly against that just person in crucifying him giving him vinegar to drink crowning him with thorns tearing his body with whips and prayed down the guilt of his blood upon you the Jews that the hearing of this were disquieted and troubled and they seized Joseph and commanded him to be put in the custody before the Sabbath and kept there till the Sabbath was over and they said to him make confession for at this time it is not lawful to do the any harm till the first day of the week come but we know that that will not be thought worthy of a burial but we will give thy flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth Joseph answered that speech is like the speech of a proud Goliath who reproached the Living God in speaking against David but ye scribes and doctors know that God saith by the Prophet vengeance is mine and I will repay you evil equal to that which II have threatened to me the God whom you have hanged upon the cross is able to deliver me out of your hands all your wickedness will return upon you for the governor when he washed his hand said I am clear from the blood of this just but ye answered and cried out his blood be upon us and our children according as ye have said ye may perish for ever the elders of the Jews hearing these words were exceedingly enraged and seizing Joseph they put him into a chamber where there was no window they fastened the door and put a seal upon the lock and annas and caiaphas placed a guard upon it and took counsel with the priests and levites that they should all meet after the Sabbath and they contrived to what death they should put Joseph when they had done this the rulers Anna's and Caiaphas ordered Joseph to be brought forth indicates that there's a missing portion of the gospel here and that it was not retrievable chapter ten when all the Assembly heard this they admired and were astonished because they found the same seal upon the lock of the chamber and could not find Joseph then annas and caiaphas went forth and while they were all admiring at Joseph's being gone behold one of the soldiers who kept the Sepulcher of Jesus spake in the Assembly that while they were guarding the Sepulcher of Jesus there was an earthquake and we saw an angel of God roll away the stone of the sepulchre and said upon it and his countenance was like lightning and His garment like snow and we became through fear like persons dead and we heard an angel saying to the women at the Sepulcher of Jesus do not fear I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified He is risen as he foretold come and see the place where he was laid and go presently and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead and he will go before you into Galilee there ye shall see him as he told you then the Jews called together all the soldiers who kept the Sepulcher of Jesus and said to them who are those women to whom the angel spoke why did ye not seize them the soldiers answered and said we know not whom the women were besides we became as dead persons through fear and how could we seize those women the Jews said to them as the Lord liveth we do not believe you the soldiers answering said to the Jews when ye saw and heard Jesus working so many miracles and did not believe him how should you believe us ye well said as the Lord liveth for the Lord truly does live we have heard that ye shut up Joseph who buried the body of Jesus in a chamber under a lock which was sealed and when he opened it found him not there do ye then produce Joseph whom you put under guard in the chamber and we will produce Jesus whom we guarded in the sepulchre the Jews answered and said we will produce Joseph do ye produced Jesus but Joseph is in his own City of Arimathea the soldiers replied if Joseph B and Arimathea and Jesus and Galilee we heard the angel and formed the women the Jews hearing this were afraid and said among themselves if by any means these things should become public then everybody will believe in Jesus then they gathered a large sum of money and gave it to the soldiers saying do you tell the people that the disciples of Jesus came in the night when you were asleep and stole away the body of Jesus and if Pilate the governor should hear of this we will satisfy him and secure you the soldiers accordingly took the money and said as they were instructed by the Jews and their report was spread abroad among all the people but a certain priest Feeney's a de a schoolmaster and a Levite named a yes they three came from Galilee to Jerusalem and told the chief priests and all those who were in the synagogue saying we have seen Jesus whom ye crucified talking with his eleven disciples and sitting in the midst of them and mount all of that and saying to them go forth into the whole world preach the gospel to all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost and whosoever shall believe and be baptized shall be saved and when he had said these things to his disciples we saw him ascending up to heaven when the chief priests and elders and Levites heard these things they said to these three men give glory to the God of Israel and make confession to him whether those things are true which he say ye have seen and heard they answering said as the Lord of Our Fathers liveth the God of Abraham the god of Isaac and the God of Jacob according as we heard Jesus talking with his disciples and according as we saw him ascending up to heaven so we have related the truth to you and the three men farther answered and said adding these words if we should not own the words which we heard Jesus speak and that would we saw him ascending and that we saw him ascending into heaven we should be guilty of sin then the chief priest immediately rose up and holding the book of law in their hands conjured these men saying ye shall no more Hereafter declare those things which he have spoke concerning Jesus and they gave them a large sum of money and sent other persons along with them who should conduct them to their own country that they might not by any means make any stay at Jerusalem then the Jews did assemble all together and having expressed the most lamentable concern said what is this extraordinary thing which has come to pass in Jerusalem but annas and caiaphas comforted them saying why should we believe the soldiers who guarded the Sepulcher of Jesus in telling us that an angel rolled away the stone from the door of the sepulchre perhaps his own disciples told him this and gave them money that they should say so and they themselves took away the body of Jesus besides consider this that there is no credit to be given to foreigners because they also took a large sum of us and they have declared to us according to the instructions which we gave them they must either be faithful to us or to the disciples of Jesus chapter 11 then Nicodemus arose and said ye say right o sons of Israel ye have heard what those three men have sworn by the law of God who said we have seen Jesus speaking with his disciples upon Mount Olivet and we saw him ascending up to heaven and the scripture teaches us that the blessed prophet Elijah was taken up to heaven and Elijah being asked by the sons of the prophets where is our Father Elijah he said to them that he is taken up to heaven and the sons of the prophets said to him perhaps the spirit hath carried him into one of the mountains of Israel there perhaps we shall find him and they besought Elijah and he walked about with them three days and they could not find him and now hear me o sons of Israel and let us send men into the mountains of Israel lest perhaps the spirit hath carried away Jesus and there perhaps we shall find him and be satisfied and the council of nicodemus pleased all the people and they sent forth men who sought for jesus but could not find him and they returning said we went all about but could not find Jesus but we have found Joseph in his city of Arimathea the rulers hearing this and all the people were glad and praised the God of Israel because Joseph was found whom they had shut up in a chamber and could not find and when they had formed a large assembly the chief priest said by what means shall we bring Joseph to us to speak with him and taking a piece of paper they wrote to him and said peace be with thee and all thy family we know that we have offended against God and thee be pleased to give a visit to us your fathers for we were perfectly surprised at your escape from prison we know that it was malicious council which we took against thee and that the Lord took care of thee and the Lord Himself delivered thee from our designs peace be unto thee Joseph who art honorable among all the people and they chose seven of Joseph's friends and said to them when you come to Joseph salute him in peace and give him this letter accordingly when the men came to Joseph they did salute him in peace and gave him the letter and when Joseph had read it he said blessed be the Lord God who did us deliver me from the Israelites that they could not shed my blood blessed be God who has protected me under thy wings and Joseph kissed them and took them into his house and on the morrow Joseph mounted his ass and went along with them to Jerusalem and when all the Jews heard these things they went out to meet him and cried out saying peace attend thy coming hither father Joseph to which he answered prosperity from the Lord attend all the people and they all kissed him and Nicodemus took him to his house having prepared a large entertainment but on the morrow being a preparation day Anna's and Caiaphas and Nicodemus said to Joseph make confession to the God of Israel and answer to us all these questions which we shall ask of thee for we have been very much troubled that thou didst bury the body of Jesus and that when we had locked the in a chamber we could not find thee and we have been afraid ever since till this time of dietary fat answering said he did indeed put me under confinement on the day of preparation till the morning but while I was standing at prayer in the middle of the night the house was surrounded with four angels and I saw Jesus as the brightness of the Sun and fell down upon the earth for fear but Jesus laying hold on my hand lifted me from the ground and the dew was then sprinkled upon me but he wiping my face kissed me and said unto me fear not Joseph look upon me for it is I then I looked upon him and said rabboni Elias he answered me I am NOT Elias but Jesus of Nazareth whose body thou did is Barry and I said unto him show me the tomb in which I laid thee then Jesus taking me by the hand led me into the place where I laid him and showed me the linen clothes and napkin which I put around his head then I knew that it was Jesus and worshiped him and said blessed be he who cometh in the name of the Lord Jesus again taking me by the hand led me to Arimathea to my own house and said to me peace be to thee but go not out of thy house till the fortieth day but I must go to my disciples chapter 12 when the chief priests and levites heard all of these things they were astonished and fell down with their faces on the ground is dead men and crying out to one another said what is this extraordinary sign which has come to pass in Jerusalem we know the father and mother of Jesus in a certain Levite said I know many of his relations religious persons who were want to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings to the God of Israel in the temple and with prayers and when the high priest Simeon took him up in his arms he said to him Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word for mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou has prepared before the face of all people a light to enlighten the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel Simeon in like manner blessed Mary the mother of Jesus and said to her I declare to thee concerning that child he is appointed for the fall and rising again of many and for a sign which shall be spoken against yay a sword shall pierce through nine own soul also and the thoughts of many hearts shall be revealed then said all the Jews let us send to those three men who said they saw him talking with his disciples in Mount Olivet after this they asked them what they had seen who answered with one Accord in the presence of the God of Israel we affirm that we plainly saw Jesus talking with his disciples in Mount Olivet and ascending up to heaven then Anna's and Caiaphas took them into separate places and examined them separately who unanimously confessed the truth and said they had seen Jesus then Anna's and Caiaphas said our law saith by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established but what have we said the Blessed Enoch please God and was translated by the Word of God and the bearing place of the Blessed Moses is known but Jesus was delivered to Pilate whipped crowned with thorns spit upon pierced with a spear crucified died upon the cross and was buried in his body the Honorable Joseph buried in a new Sepulcher and he testifies that he saw him alive and besides these men have declared that they saw him talking with his disciples in Mount Olivet and ascending up to heaven then Joseph rising up said to annas and caiaphas he may be justly under a great surprise that ye have been told that Jesus is alive and gone up to heaven it is indeed a thing really surprising that he should not only himself arise from the dead but also raised others from their graves who have been seen by many in Jerusalem and now hear me a little we all knew the Blessed Simeon the high priest who took Jesus when an infant into his arms in the temple this same Simeon had two sons of his own and we were all present at their death and funeral go therefore and see their tombs for these are open and they are risen and behold they are in the city of Arimathea spending their time together in offices of devotion some indeed have heard the sound of their voices in prayer but they will not discourse with anyone but they continue as mute as dead men but come let us go to them and behave ourselves towards them with all due respect and caution and if we can bring them to swear perhaps they will tell us some of the mysteries of their resurrection when the Jews heard this they were exceedingly rejoiced then Anna's and Caiaphas Nicodemus Joseph and gammy L went to Arimathea but they did not find them in their graves but walking about the city they found them on their bended knees at their devotions then saluting them with all respect and deference to God they brought them to the synagogue at Jerusalem and having shut the gates they took the book of the law of the Lord and putting it in their hands swore them by God Adonai and the God of Israel who spake to our fathers by the law and the prophets saying if ye believe him who raised you from the dead to be Jesus tell us what ye have seen and how you were raised from the dead chewiness and lengthiest the two sons of Simeon trembled when they heard these things and were disturbed and grow and at the same time looking up to heaven they made the sign of the Cross with their fingers on their tongues and immediately they spake and said give each of us some paper and we will write down for you all those things which we have seen and they each sat down and wrote saying O Lord Jesus and father who art God also the resurrection and life of the Dead give us leave to declare thy mysteries which we saw after death belonging to thy cross for we are sworn by thy name for thou has forbid thy servants to declare the secret things which were wrought by thy divine power in Hell when we were placed with our fathers in the depth of Hell in the blackest of darkness on a sudden there appeared the color of the Sun like gold and a substantial purple colored light enlightening the place presently upon this atom the father of all mankind with all the patriarchs and prophets rejoiced and said that light is the author of everlasting light who have promised to translate us to everlasting light then Isaiah the prophet cried out and said this is the light of the father and the son of God according to my prophecy when I was alive upon earth the land of Zebulun in the land of neptulon beyond the Jordan a people who walked in darkness saw a great light and to them who dwelt in the region of the shadow of death light is arisen and now he is come and hath enlighten us who sat in death and while we were all rejoicing in the light which shone upon us our father Simeon came among us in congratulating all the companies said glorify the Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God whom I took up in my arms when an infant in the temple and being moved by the Holy Ghost said to him and acknowledged that now mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou has prepared before the face of all people a light to enlighten the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel all the saints who are in the depth of hell hearing this rejoiced the more afterwards there came forth one like a little hermit and was asked by every one who art thou to which he replied I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness John the Baptist and the prophet of the Most High who went before is coming to prepare his way to give the knowledge of salvation to his people for the forgiveness of sin and I John when I saw Jesus coming to me being moved by the Holy Ghost I said behold the lamb of God behold him who takes away the sins of the world and I baptized him in the river Jordan and saw the Holy Ghost descending upon him in the form of a dove and heard a voice from heaven saying this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased and now while I was going before him I came down here there to acquaint you that the Son of God will next visit us and as the Dayspring from on high will come to us who are in darkness and the shadow of death chapter 14 but when the first man our Father Adam heard these things that Jesus was baptized in Jordan he called out to his son Seth and said declare to your sons the patriarchs and prophets all those things which thou didst hear from Michael the Archangel when I sent thee to the gates of paradise to entreat God that he would anoint my head when I was sick then Seth coming near to the patriarchs and prophets said I Seth when I was praying to God at the gates of paradise beheld the angel of the Lord Michael appear unto me saying I am sent unto thee from the Lord I am appointed to preside over human bodies I tell thee Seth do not pray to God in tears and entreat him for the oil of the tree of thy mercy wherewith to anoint thy father Adam for his headache because thou canst not by any means obtain it till the last day and times namely till five thousand and five hundred years be passed then will Christ the most merciful Son of God come on earth to raise again the human body of Adam and at the same time to raise the bodies of the dead and when he cometh he will be baptized in the Jordan then with the oil of his mercy he will anoint all those who believe on him and the oil of his mercy will continue to future generations for those who shall be born of the water and the Holy Ghost into eternal life and when at that time the most merciful son of God Christ Jesus shall come down on earth he will introduce our Father Adam into Paradise to the tree of mercy when all the patriarchs and prophets heard all these things from Seth they rejoiced the Moore chapter 15 while the Saints were rejoicing behold Satan the Prince and captain of death said to the Prince of Hell prepare to receive Jesus of Nazareth himself who boasted that he was the son of God and yet was a man afraid of death and said my soul is sorrowful even to death besides he did many injuries to me and to many others for those whom I made blind and lame and those whom I tormented with several devils he cured by his word yay and those whom I brought dead to thee he by force takes away from thee to this the Prince of Hell replied to Satan who is that so powerful Prince and yet a man who is afraid of death for all the potentiates of the earth are subject to my power whom thou brought us to subjection by thy power but if he be so powerful in his human nature I affirmed to thee for truth that he is almighty in His divine nature and no man can resist his power when therefore he said he was afraid of death he designed to ensnare thee and unhappy it will be to thee for everlasting ages then Satan replying said to the Prince of Hell why did it they'll express a doubt and was afraid to receive that Jesus of Nazareth both thy adversary and mine as for me I tempted him and stirred up my old people the Jews with zeal and anger against him I sharpened the spear for his suffering I mixed the gall and vinegar and commanded that he should drink it I prepared the cross to crucify him and the nails to pierce through his hands and feet and now his death is near at hand I will bring him hither subject to both thee and me then the Prince of Hell answering said thou settest to me just now that he took away the dead from me by force they who have been kept here till they should live again upon earth were taken away hence not by their own power but by prayers made to God and their Almighty God took them from me who then is that Jesus of Nazareth that by his word hath taken away the dead me without prayer to God perhaps it is the same who took away from me Lazarus after he had been four days dead and did both stink and was rotten and of whom I had possession as a dead person yet he brought him to life again by his power Satan answering replied to the Prince of Hell it is the very same person Jesus of Nazareth which when the Prince of Hell heard he said to him I adjure thee by the powers which belonged to thee and me that thou bring him not to me for when I heard of the power of his word I trembled for fear and all my impious company were at the same time disturbed and we were not able to detain Lazarus but he gave himself a shake and with all signs of malice he immediately went away from us and the very earth in which the dead body of Lazarus was lodged presently turned him out alive and I know now that he is Almighty God who could perform such things who is mighty in his Dominion and mighty in his human nature who is the savior of mankind bring not therefore this person hither for he will set at liberty all those whom I hold in prison under unbelief and bound with the fetters of their sins and will conduct them to everlasting life chapter 16 and while Satan and the Prince of hell would dis coursing thus to each other on a sudden there was a voice as of thunder and the rushing of when saying lift up your gates o ye princes and be he lift up Oh ever lasting gates and the King of glory shall come in when the Prince of Hell heard this he said to Satan depart from me and be gone out of my habitations if thou art a powerful warrior fight with the King of glory but what has thou to do with him and he cast him forth from his habitations and the Prince said to his impious officers shut the brass gates of cruelty and make them fast with the iron bars and fight courageously lest we be taking captives but when all the company of the saints heard this they spake with a loud voice of anger to the Prince of Hell open thy gates that the King of glory may come in and the divine prophet David cried out saying did not I went on earth truly prophesy and say that men would praise the Lord for His goodness and for his wonderful works to the children of men for he hath broken the gates of brass and cut the bar bars of iron in sunder he had taken them because of their iniquity and because of their unrighteousness they are afflicted after this another prophet namely holy Isaiah spake in like manner to all the Saints did not I rightly prophesy to you when I was alive on earth the dead men shall live and they shall rise again who are in their graves and they shall rejoice who are in earth for the do which is from the Lord shall bring deliverance to them and I said in another place Oh death where is thy victory Oh death where is thy sting when all the saints heard these things spoken by Isaiah they said to the Prince of Hell open now thy gates and take away thine iron bars for thou will now be bound and have no power then there was a great voice as of the sound of thunder saying lift up your gates o Prince's and be ye lifted up ye gates of hell and the King of glory will enter in the Prince of Hell perceiving the same voice repeated cried out as though he had been ignorant who is that king of glory David replied to the Prince of Hell and said I understand the words of that voice because I spake them by his spirit and now as I have above said I say unto thee the Lord strong and powerful the Lord mighty in battle he is the king of glory and he is the Lord in heaven and in earth he has looked down to hear the groans of the prisoners and set loose those that are appointed to death and now thou filthy and stinking Prince of Hell open thy gates that the King of glory may enter in for he is the Lord of Heaven and Earth while David was saying this the mighty Lord appeared in the form of a man and enlightened those places which had ever before been in darkness and broke asunder the fetters which before could not be broken and with his invincible power visited those who sat in the deep darkness by iniquity and the shadow of death by sin chapter 17 envious death and her cruel officers hearing these things were seized with fear in their several kingdoms when they saw the clearness of the light and Christ himself on a sudden appearing in their habitations they cried out therefore and said we are bound by thee thou Simas to intend our confusion before the Lord who art thou who has no sign of corruption but that bright appearance which is full proof of thy greatness of which yet thou Simas to take no notice who art thou so powerful and so weak so great and so little a mean and yet a soldier of the first rank who can command in the form of a servant as a common soldier the king of glory dead and alive though once slain upon the cross who lay us dead in the grave and art come down alive to us and in my death all the creatures trembled and all the stars were moved and now has thou thy Liberty among the dead and give us disturbance to our legions who art thou and who does - release the captives that were held in Chains by original sin and bring us them into their former Liberty who art thou who does spread so glorious and divine a light over those who were made blind by the darkness of sin in like manner all the legions of the Devils were seized with the like horror and with the most submissive fear cried out and said whence comes it Oh thou Jesus Christ that thou art a man so powerful and glorious in majesty so prep so bright as to have no spot and so pure as to have no crime for that lower world of Earth which was ever till now subject to us and from whence we received tribute never sent us such a dead man before never sent such presence as these to the princes of Hell who therefore art thou who with such courage interest among our abodes and are not only not afraid to threaten us with the greatest punishments but also endeavour us to rescue all others from the chains in which we hold them perhaps thou art that Jesus of whom Satan just now spoke to our prince that by the death of the cross thou wert about to receive the power of death then the King of glory trampling upon death seized the Prince of Hell deprived him of all his power took our earthly father Adam with him to his glory chapter 18 then the Prince of hell took Satan and with great indignation said to him o thou Prince of destruction author of Beelzebub's defeat and banishment the scorn of God's angels and loathed by all righteous persons what incline thee to act this now would as crucify the King of glory and by his destruction has made us promises of very large advantages but as a full word ignorant of what thou was about for behold now that Jesus of Nazareth with the brightness of his glorious divinity puts to flight all the horrid powers of darkness and death he has broken down our prisons from top to bottom dismissed all the captives released all who were bound and all who were want formerly to groan under the weight of their torments have now insulted us and we were like to be defeated by their prayers our our impious dominions are subdued and no part of mankind is now left in our subjection but on the other hand they all boldly defy us though before the dead never Durst behave themselves insolently towards us nor being prisoners could ever on any occasion be merry Oh Satan thou Prince of all the wicked father of the impious and abandoned why would as they attempt this exploit seeing our prisoners were hitherto always without the least hopes of salvation and life but now there is not one of them does ever grown nor is there the least appearance of a tear any of their faces oh prince satan thou great keeper of the infernal regions all the advantages which thou didst acquire by the forbidden tree and the loss of paradise thou has now lost by the wood of the cross and i happiness all then expired when now did is crucify Jesus Christ the King of glory thou hast acted against thine own interest and mind as that will presently perceived by those large torments and infinite punishments which thou art about to suffer Oh Satan Prince of all evil author of death and source of all pride thou should as first have inquired into the evil crimes of Jesus of Nazareth and then thou wouldest have found that he was guilty of no fault worthy of death why did a stout venture without either reason or justice to crucify him and has brought down to our regions a person innocent and righteous and thereby has lost all the sinners impious and unrighteous persons in the whole world while the Prince of Hell was thus speaking to Satan the King of glory said to Beelzebub the Prince of Hell Satan the Prince shall be subject to thy Dominion forever in the room of Adam and his righteous sons who are mine chapter 19 then Jesus stretched forth his hand and said come to me all ye my Saints who were created in my image who were condemned by the tree of forbidden fruit and by the devil and death live now by the wood of my cross the devil the Prince of this world is overcome and death is conquered then presently all the Saints were joined together under the hand of the Most High God and the Lord Jesus laid hold on Adams and and said to him peace be to thee and all thy righteous posterity which is mine then Adam casting himself at the feet of Jesus addressed himself to him with tears in humble language and a loud voice saying I will extol thee O Lord for thou has lifted me up and has not made my foes to rejoice over me O Lord my god I cried unto thee and thou has healed me O Lord thou has brought up my soul from the grave thou has kept me alive that I should not go down to the pit singing to the Lord all ye saints of his and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness for his anger and earth but for a moment in his favour his life in like manner all the saints prostrate at the feet of jesus said with one voice thou art come o Redeemer of the world and has actually accomplished all things which thou did is foretell by the law and thy holy prophets thou hast redeemed the living by thy cross and art come down to us that by the death of the Cross thou mightest deliver us from Hell and by thy power from death O Lord as thou has put the incense of thy glory in heaven and has set up the sign of thy Redemption even they cause on earth so Lord set the sign of the victory of thy cross in hell that death may have dominion no longer then the Lord stretching forth his hand made the sign of the Cross upon Adam and upon all his saints and taking hold of Adam by his right hand he ascended from hell and all the saints of God followed him then the Royal Prophet David boldly cried and said o singing to the Lord a new song for he has done marvelous things his right hand and his holy arm have gotten him the victory the Lord hath made known his salvation his righteousness hath he openly shown in the sight of the heathen and the whole multitude of saints answered saying this honor have all his Saints amen praise ye the Lord afterwards the Prophet Habakkuk cried out and said thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people even for the salvation of thy people and all the saints said blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord for the Lord hath enlightened us this is our God forever and ever he shall reign over us to everlasting ages amen in like manner all the prophets baked the sacred things of his praise and followed the Lord chapter 20 then the Lord holding Adam by the hand delivered him to Michael the Archangel and he led them into paradise filled with mercy and glory and two very ancient men met them and were asked by the Saints who are ye who have not yet been with us in hell and have had your bodies placed in paradise one of them answering said I am Enoch who was translated by the Word of God and this man who is with me is Elijah the Tishbite who was translated in a fiery chariot here we have hitherto been and have not tasted death but are now about to return at the coming of Antichrist being armed with divine signs and miracles to engage with him in battle and to be slain by him at Jerusalem and to be taken up alive again into the clouds after three days and a half and while the Holi anak and Elias were relating this behold there came another man in a miserable figure carrying the sign of the Cross upon his shoulders and when the saints saw him they said to him who art thou for thy countenance is like a thief's and why does thou carry a cross upon those shoulders to which he answering said ye say right for I was a thief who committed all sorts of wickedness upon earth and the Jews crucified me with Jesus and I observed the surprising things which happened in the creation at the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus and I believed him to be the creator of all things and the Almighty King and I prayed to him saying Lord remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom he presently regarded my supplication and said to me verily I say unto thee this day thou shalt be with me in paradise and he gave me the sign of the Cross saying carry this and go to paradise and if the angel who is the guard of paradise will not admit thee show him the sign of the Cross and say unto Him Jesus Christ who is now crucified hath sent me hither to thee when I did this and told the angel who is the guard of paradise all these things and he heard them he presently opened the gates introduced me and placed me on the right hand in paradise saying stay here a little time till Adam the father of all mankind shall enter in with all his sons who are the holy and righteous servants of Jesus Christ who was crucified when they heard all this account from the thief all the patriarchs said with one voice blessed be Thou O mighty God the father of everlasting goodness and the father of mercies who has shown such favor to those who were sinners against him and has brought them to the mercy of paradise and has placed them amidst by large and spiritual provisions in a spiritual and holy life amen chapter xxi these are the divine and sacred mysteries which we saw and heard our honest and lengthiest are not allowed to declare the other mysteries of God as the Archangel Michael ordered us saying ye shall go with my brethren to Jerusalem and shall continue in prayers declaring and glorifying the resurrection of Jesus Christ seeing he hath raised you from the dead at the same time with himself and he shall not talk with any man but sit as dumb persons till the time come when the Lord will allow you to relate the mysteries of his divinity the Archangel Michael father commanded us to go beyond Jordan to an excellent in fat country where there are many who rose from the dead along with us for the proof of the resurrection of Christ for we have only three days allowed us from the dead who arose to celebrate the Passover of our Lord with our parents and to bear our testimony for Jesus Christ the Lord and we have been baptized in the holy river Jordan and now they are not seen by anyone this as much as God allowed us to relate to you give you therefore praise and honor to him and repent and He will have mercy upon you peace be to you from the Lord God Jesus Christ and savior of us all amen amen amen and after they had made an end of writing and had wrote in two distinct pieces of paper chewiness gave what he wrote to the hands of Anna's and Caiaphas and gammy l lengthiest likewise gave what he wrote into the hands of Nicodemus and Joseph and immediately they were changed into exceeding white forms and were seen no more but what they wrote was found perfectly to agree the one not containing one letter more or one less than the other when all the Assembly of the Jews heard all these surprising relations of chewiness and lengthiest they said to each other truly all these things were wrought by God and blessed be the Lord Jesus for ever and ever amen and they went about with great concern and fear and trembling and smote upon their breasts and went away every one to his home but immediately all these things which were related by the Jews in their synagogues concerning Jesus were presently told by Joseph and Nicodemus to the governor and Pilate wrote down all these transactions and placed all these accounts in the public records of his Hall chapter 22 after these things Pilate went to the Temple of the Jews and called together all of the rulers and scribes and doctors of the law and went with them into a chapel of the temple and commanding that all the gates should be shut said to them I have heard that ye have a certain large book in this temple I desire you therefore that it may be brought before me and when the great book carried by four ministers of the temple and adorned with gold and precious stones was brought Pilate said to them all i adjure you by the god of your father's who made and commanded this temple to be built that ye conceal not the truth from me ye know all the things which are written in that book tell me therefore now if ye in the scriptures have found anything of that Jesus whom you crucified and at what time of the world he ought to have come show it to me then having sworn annas and caiaphas they commanded all the rest who were with them to go out of the chapel and they shut the gates of the temple and of the chapel and said to Pilate thou has made us to swear a judge by the building of this temple to declare to thee that which is true and right after we had crucified Jesus not knowing he was the son of God but supposing he wrought his miracles by some magical arts we summoned a large assembly in this temple and when we were deliberating among one another about the miracles which Jesus had wrought we found many witnesses of our own country who declared that they had seen him alive after his death and that they heard him dis coursing with his disciples and saw him ascending into the height of the heavens and entering into them and we saw two witnesses whose bodies Jesus raised from the dead who told us of many strange things which Jesus did among the dead of which we have a written account in our hands and it is our custom annually to open this holy book before an assembly and to search there for the counsel of God and we found in the first of the 70 books where Michael the Archangel is speaking to the third son of Adam the first man and account that after five thousand five hundred years Christ the most beloved Son of God was to come on earth and we further considered that perhaps he was the very God of Israel who spoke to Moses thou shalt make the Ark of the testimony two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof and a cubit and a half the height thereof by these five cubits and a half for the building of the Ark of the Old Testament we perceived and knew that in five thousand years and a half a half of one thousand years Jesus Christ was to come in the arc or tabernacle of a body and so our scriptures testify that he is the son of God and the Lord and king of Israel and because after his suffering our chief priests were surprised at the signs which were wrought by his means we opened that book to search all the generations down to the generations of Joseph and Mary the mother of Jesus supposing him to be of the seed of David and we found the account of the creation and at what time he made the heaven and earth and first man Adam and that from vents to the flood were two thousand two hundred and twelve years and from the flood to Abraham 912 and from Abraham to Moses 430 and from Moses to David the King 510 and from David to the Babylonian captivity five hundred years and from the Babylonian captivity to the incarnation of Christ four hundred years the sum of all which amounts to five thousand and a half a thousand and so it appears that Jesus whom we crucified is Jesus Christ son of God and the true and Almighty God amen this concludes the audio book of the Gospel according to Nicodemus please leave your comments below for discussion this is in his word too thanks for listening and god bless you all

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Published: Fri Jan 04 2013